Tag: AmeriCorps

City Year believes in the potential of all students, especially those from low-income communities that attend under-resourced schools. In an effort to bring out the best in those students, City Year Los Angeles was founded in 2007 as part of an education-focused national organization whose roots date back to 1988 in Boston. “For the last Read More…

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams have a monthly program in which team representatives go to various places in the Southland to perform a community service. On Feb. 22, staffers from the organization took part in a beautification project at Mervyn M. Dymally High School where murals of Rams players and logos of Read More…

SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Dorsey and Crenshaw high schools were the beneficiaries of the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16 as each school received a campus makeover thanks to nonprofits agencies who held a Day of Service at the schools. More than 1,500 volunteers at Dorsey High School helped with projects Read More…